Future (rapper)

future (rapper), future (rapper) net worthNayvadius DeMun Wilburn born November 20, 1983, known professionally as Future, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Wilburn first became involved in music as part of the Dungeon Family collective, where he was nicknamed "the Future" After amassing a series of mixtapes between 2010 and 2011, Future signed a major record label deal with Epic Records and A1 Recordings, which helped launch Future's own label imprint, Freebandz He subsequently released his debut album, Pluto, in April 2012 to positive reviews Future's second album, Honest, was released in April 2014, surpassing his debut on the album charts

Between late 2014 and early 2015, he released a trio of mixtapes to critical praise: Monster 2014, Beast Mode 2015, and 56 Nights 2015 His next releases, DS2 2015, What a Time to Be Alive 2015, in collaboration with Drake, Evol 2016, Future 2017 and Hndrxx 2017 all debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 The latter two made him the first artist in history to debut two albums in consecutive weeks and have them appear atop of that chart Future has also released several singles certified gold or higher by the RIAA, including "Turn On the Lights", "Move That Dope", "Fuck Up Some Commas", "Where Ya At", "Jumpman", "Low Life" and "Mask Off"

Contents

1 Life and career

11 1983–2010: Early life and career beginnings

12 2011–14: Pluto and Honest

13 2015–16: DS2, What a Time to Be Alive and Evol

14 2017–present: Future and Hndrxx

2 Musical style

3 Personal life

4 Discography

41 Studio albums

42 Commercial mixtapes

5 Tours

51 Co-headlining

6 Awards and nominations

61 American Music Awards

62 BET Awards

63 BET Hip Hop Awards

64 Billboard Music Awards

65 Grammy Awards

66 iHeartRadio Music Awards

67 Much Music Video Awards

68 MTV Awards

7 References

8 External links

Life and career

1983–2010: Early life and career beginnings

Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn5 was born on November 20, 198356 in Atlanta, Georgia789 He began using his stage name while performing as one of the members of the musical collective The Dungeon Family, where he was nicknamed "The Future" His first cousin, record producer, and Dungeon Family member Rico Wade, encouraged him to sharpen his writing skills and pursue a career as a rapper He attended Columbia High School Future voices his praise of Wade's musical influence and instruction, calling him the "mastermind" behind his sound9 He soon came under the wing of Atlanta's own Rocko who signed him to his label A-1 Recordings Since then his work ethic has driven him to his success10 From 2010 to early 2011, Future released a series of mixtapes including 1000, Dirty Sprite and True Story1011 The latter included the single "Tony Montana", in reference to the Scarface film1112 During that time, Future was also partnering with rapper Gucci Mane on their collaborative album Free Bricks, and co-wrote YC's single "Racks"1314

2011–14: Pluto and Honest

Future signed a major label recording contract with Epic Records fellow American rapper Rocko's A1 Recordings, in September 2011, days before the release of his next mixtape, Streetz Calling15 The mixtape was described by XXL magazine as ranging from "simple and soundly executed boasts" to "futuristic drinking and drugging jams" to "tales of the grind"14 A Pitchfork review remarked that on the mixtape Future comes "as close as anyone to perfecting this thread of ringtone pop, where singing and rapping are practically the same thing, and conversing 100% through Auto-Tune doesn't mean you still can't talk about how you used to sell drugs It would almost feel antiquated if Future weren't amassing hits, or if he weren't bringing some subtle new dimensions to the micro-genre"12

Future performing in 2014

Though Future had told MTV that Streetz Calling would be his final mixtape prior to the release of his debut studio album, another mixtape, Astronaut Status, was released in January 2012 In December 2011, Future was featured on the cover of Issue #77 of The FADER16 Before his album being released in April 20121718 XXL's Troy Mathews wrote, "While Astronaut Status is up and down and never really hits the highs like 'Racks', 'Tony Montana', and 'Magic' that fans have come to expect from Future, it’s apparent that he’s poised to continue the buzz of 2011 humming right along into 2012"19 Future was selected to the annual XXL Freshmen list in early 201220 His debut album Pluto, originally planned for January, was eventually released on April 172122 It included remixes of "Tony Montana" featuring Drake and "Magic" featuring TI23 According to Future, "'Magic' was the first record TI jumped on when he came outta jail Like, he was out of jail a day and he jumped straight on the 'Magic' record without me even knowing about it"23 The track became Future's first single to enter the Billboard Hot 100 chart24 Other collaborators on the album include Trae Tha Truth, R Kelly and Snoop Dogg 25 On October 8, 2012, Pusha T released "Pain" featuring Future, the first single from his upcoming debut album

It was announced that Future will be repackaging his debut album Pluto on November 27, 2012 under the name Pluto 3D featuring 3 new songs and 2 remix songs including the remix for "Same Damn Time" featuring Diddy and Ludacris, as well as his newest street single "Neva End Remix" featuring Kelly Rowland26 In 2012, Future wrote, produced and was featured on "Loveeeeeee Song" taken from Barbadian singer Rihanna's seventh studio album Unapologetic

On January 15, 2013, Future released the compilation mixtape FBG: The Movie which features the artists signed to his Freebandz label: Young Scooter, Slice9, Casino, Mexico Rann and Maceo It was certified platinum for having over 250,000 downloads on popular mixtape site DatPiff27 Future said of his second studio album Future Hendrix it will be a more substantive musical affair than his debut album and features R&B music along with his usual "street bangers" The album was to be released in 201328 The album features Kanye West, Rihanna, Ciara, Drake, Kelly Rowland, Jeremih, Diplo, and André 3000, among others29

The album's lead single, "Karate Chop" featuring Casino, premiered on January 25, 2013, and was sent to urban radio on January 29, 201330 The song is produced by Metro Boomin The official remix, which features Lil Wayne, was sent radio and was released on iTunes on February 19, 2013 On August 7, 2013, Future changed the title of his second album from Future Hendrix to Honest and announced that it would be released on November 26, 201331 It was later revealed that the album would be pushed back to April 22, 2014, as it was said that Future has tour dates with Drake on Would You Like A Tour32 In December 2013, it was announced that Future would make a guest appearance on Kat Dahlia's upcoming debut, My Garden33 Future released DS2 on July 16, 2015

2015–16: DS2, What a Time to Be Alive and Evol

Main articles: Beast Mode Future album, 56 Nights, DS2, What a Time to Be Alive, Purple Reign Future album, and Evol Future album
Future performing on the Summer Sixteen tour in 2016

On September 20, 2015, Future released a collaborative mixtape with Canadian rapper Drake, titled What a Time to Be Alive3435 The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, Billboard R&B Charts, and Billboard Hot Rap Songs, marking the first time a rapper was able to score two number one albums in a year, in 11 years, since Jay Z back in 2004 The mixtape has sold over 334,000 copies in the US36 On January 17, 2016, Future released another mixtape, titled Purple Reign, with executive production from Metro Boomin and DJ Esco, as well as beat credits from Southside, Zaytoven and more37 On February 5, 2016, Future premiered his fourth studio album, EVOL, on DJ Khaled's debut episode of the Beats 1 radio show We The Best38 In 2016, Future became the fastest artist to chart three number-one albums on the Billboard 200 since Glee soundtrack albums in 201039

On June 29, 2016, he appeared in an issue of Rolling Stone40

2017–present: Future and Hndrxx

Main articles: Future Future album and Hndrxx

On Valentine's Day 2017, Future announced via Instagram that his self-titled fifth studio album would be released on February 17, 201741 Exactly one week later, he would release his sixth studio album titled Hndrxx Both albums went number one consecutively, which made Future the first artist to debut two albums at number one at the same time on the Billboard 200 and Canadian Albums Chart He, along with Ed Sheeran, collaborated with pop musician Taylor Swift on the song "End Game" from her album Reputation42

Musical style

Future makes prevalent use of Auto-Tune in his songs, both rapping and singing with the effect Pitchfork Media wrote that Future "miraculously shows that it's still possible for Auto-Tune to be an interesting artistic tool", stating that he "finds a multitude of ways for the software to accentuate and color emotion"43 GQ stated that he "has managed to reboot the tired auto-tune sound and mash it into something entirely new", writing that he "combines it with a bizarro croon to synthesize how he feels, then stretches and deteriorates his words until they’re less like words, more like raw energy and reactive emotions"44 The LA Times wrote that "Future’s highly processed vocals suggest a man driven to bleary desperation by drugs or love or technology", stating that his music "comes closest to conjuring the numbing overstimulation of our time"45

Rapper T-Pain, who also uses that audio processor, criticized Future's unconventional use of it in 201446 In response, Future stated in an interview that "when I first used Auto-Tune, I never used it to sing I wasn’t using it the way T-Pain was I used it to rap because it makes my voice sound grittier Now everybody wants to rap in Auto-Tune Future’s not everybody"47 Future's music has been characterized as trap music48

Personal life

Future has four children with four different women: Jessica Smith, Brittni Mealy, India J, and singer Ciara49 He was engaged to Ciara in October 2013, but Ciara called off the engagement in August 2014 due to his infidelity50 Their son, Future Zahir Wilburn, was born on May 19, 201451

As of 2016, Future is being sued by both Jessica Smith and Ciara Smith is suing him for failing to pay child support, and stated that their son "suffers from emotional and behavioral issues stemming from Future's neglect as a father"52 Ciara is suing him for defamation, slander, and libel53 In October 2016, a judge said that Future's string of tweets bashing Ciara did not relate to the $15 million she was asking for54

Discography

Main article: Future discography

Studio albums

Pluto 2012

Honest 2014

DS2 2015

Evol 2016

Future 2017

Hndrxx 2017

Commercial mixtapes

Monster 2014

Beast Mode 2015

56 Nights 2015

What a Time to Be Alive with Drake 2015

Purple Reign 2016

Super Slimey with Young Thug 2017

Tours

Co-headlining

Summer Sixteen Tour with Drake 201655

Awards and nominations

American Music Awards

Created by Dick Clark in 1973, the American Music Awards is an annual music awards ceremony and one of several major annual American music awards shows Future has received two nominations

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Year

Nominee/work

Award

Result

Ref

2016

Future

Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist

Nominated

56

What a Time to Be Alive with Drake

Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album

Nominated

56

BET Awards

The BET Awards were established in 2001 by the Black Entertainment Television network to celebrate African Americans and other individuals in music, acting, sports, and other fields of entertainment over the past year

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